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John Job Slater

Slater, John Job, Private, G/52939, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Previously served with 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Formerly P/58422, 28th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Served on the Western Front from 14th December 1916 to 3rd May 1917
Born Matlock, Derbyshire
Enlisted Manchester, Lancashire
Resided Matlock
Killed in action 3rd May 1917 aged 28
Son of Job and Sarah Slater, of Wellington St., Matlock, Derbyshire.
Commemorated on the Arras Memorial

1911 Census
An assistant baker
Son of Job, a coal agent, and Sarah Slater, of Wellington Street, Matlock, Derbyshire

(Photograph and article from the Derbyshire Times, 9th June 1917)

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Family headstone commemorating John Job Slater, St. Giles's Churchyard, Matlock

Matlock
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Matlock, St. Giles' Church
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Matlock Bank
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